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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Fragment of the Vajrāmṛtamahātantra

Homavidhi (होमविधि) is the name of the fourth chapter of the Vajrāmṛtatantra or Vajrāmṛtamahātantra: one of the main and earliest Buddhist Yoginītantras, probably datable to between the end of the 9th and the beginning of the 10th century. Chapter 4 (homavidhi-nirdeśa) describes the homa ritual and the procedures of several magical rites (appeasement [śāntika], reinvigoration [pauṣṭika], etc.) as well as the mantras and mudrās connected with their execution. No question is asked by Māmakī, so the Bhagavān teaches all this without interruption from the previous section. The maṇḍalācārya (i.e. the homācārya, the master who celebrates the homa liturgy) should first identify himself with Vajrasattva; adorned with all embellishments and in the ālīḍha posture, he should then perform the Victory of the Three Worlds (trailokyavijaya) (i.e. he should identify himself with the Krodharāja deity) and eventually cleanse the ground (bhūmisaṃśodhana): the practitioner should drive away the obstacles (vighnotsāraṇa), pay homage to the Guru, and attract the Deity of the Earth (pṛthivīdevatā).

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Homavidhi (होमविधि) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Yv. [Mackenzie Collection] 6. Sūcīpatīra 118 ([anonymous]).
—by Vaṃśīdhara. Oudh. Xi, 4.

2) Homavidhi (होमविधि):—śr. Peters. 4, 12. Rgb. 64.
—Ṛv. Rgb. 288.
—by Vasiṣṭha. Oudh. Xx, 178. See Vāsiṣṭhīyahoma.

3) Homavidhi (होमविधि):—[dharma] Cs 2, 393. L.. 671 (diff.).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Homavidhi (होमविधि):—[=homa-vidhi] [from homa > hotṛ] m. Name of [work]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Homa, Vidhi.

Starts with: Homavidhinirdesha.

Ends with (+3): Agnihotrahomavidhi, Ayutahomavidhi, Candikakamyahomavidhi, Dattahomavidhi, Ganapatihomavidhi, Grahayagayutahomalakshahomakotihomavidhi, Kotihomavidhi, Kundamandapahomavidhi, Lakshahomavidhi, Mrityumjayadihomavidhi, Navagrahasamkshepahomavidhi, Nityahomavidhi, Pakshahomavidhi, Pavamanahomavidhi, Pradoshahomavidhi, Pratarhomavidhi, Shatacandihomavidhi, Shravanahomavidhi, Sudarshanahomavidhi, Tripurajapahomavidhi.

Full-text: Vidyavishaye homavidhi, Pratarhomavidhi, Vidyavishayehomavidhi, Nityahomavidhi, Pavamanahomavidhi, Kotihomavidhi, Vivahahomavidhi, Pakshahomavidhi, Mrityumjayadihomavidhi, Vasishtha, Homavidhinirdesha, Mantrashastra, Vamshidhara, Homa, Mandalacarya, Homacarya, Vajramritatantra, Mantramahodadhi.

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